My neighbors seemed to hit on a 21st century harvest ritual last Sunday. It was the first dusk of standard time and was getting dark around 4:40. It had been a beautiful day and we’d all been closing our gardens for the season, when I noticed fires burning in a few backyards. It seemed a […]
When I heard the seven billionth person is due to be born Monday, I thought I must have made a mistake a few years back. “Didn’t I just write a commentary on the six billionth person? Was my math wrong?” My math was not wrong. I wrote that commentary the first week of October 1999. […]
I have no desire to occupy Wall Street. Not that I think it’s a bad idea. I think it’s a great idea, I just have no desire to participate. Maybe that makes me part of the problem. On the other hand, heading down to Wall Street would take me away from my day job and […]
When I was in grade school, we learned the Nazis came to power in a time of economic dislocation, the worldwide Great Depression. We learned Germany was a once-great nation in decline after the military defeat of World War I and the Nazis appealed simultaneously to the fears and the nationalism of the German people. […]
Still America
The teenaged girl did not want to attend the Democratic mayoral caucus with me, but I didn’t give her a choice. Burlington will hold a mayoral election the first Tuesday of March, town meeting day. Four candidates put themselves forward for the Democratic nomination. Vermont caucuses and primaries are open to all registered voters in […]